Beichen

See also: běichén and Běichén

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 北辰 (Běichén).

Proper noun

Beichen

  1. A district of Tianjin, China.
    • 2015 October 12, Michael Forsythe, “China: Fire Strikes Tianjin, 2 Months After Fatal Blast”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 October 2015, Asia Pacific‎:
      Monday’s fire occurred in the Beichen district, an area far closer to the urban core of Tianjin.

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